* The Bruins will be without three
forwards in this one, all stemming from last night's win over the
Penguins. Shawn Thornton has a pending suspension, Chris Kelly was
slashed and suffered a fractured fibula, and Loui Eriksson
sustained a concussion on the hit he took from Brooks Orpik.

* Toronto has won two in a row after suffering a five-game
losing streak.

ON A ROLL

ICE COLD

FUN FACTS

Milan Lucic (4 pts last 3 GP)

Brad Marchand (4 pts last 3 GP)

Carl Soderberg (0 pts last 5 GP)

* Chad Johnson's lone loss this season came on the road in a 3-1
setback on Long Island.

Phil Kessel (4 pts last 2 GP)

James van Riemsdyk (4 pts last 2 GP)

Nik Kulemin (0 pts last 4 GP)

David Clarkson (0 pts last 7 GP)

* Jon Bernier's third career start was an 8-6 loss to Boston
back in 2007 while a member of the Kings. He hasn't faced Boston
since.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

* After last night's controversial, demoralizing,
roster-depleting win over the Penguins, the Bruins are up against
it on Sunday evening. They're playing for the third time in four
days and will be without a quarter of their regular forwards corps.
In their place will be two AHL call-ups (Ryan Spooner, Matt Fraser)
and Jordan Caron, who's been the 13th forward for most of the NHL
season. As such, every line except for David Krejci's will be
altered, forcing the other nine forwards to figure things out
together quick if the B's want to leave Toronto with two
points.

* After a great postseason series against the B's, Phil Kessel
went back to his usual ways when these two teams met for the first
time this season last month, failing to record a point in a 3-1
loss. He comes into tonight's game with just three goals and a
minus-22 rating in 23 career contests against the Bruins. He also
comes into this one riding a six-game point streak (4g, 4a). Only
one trend can continue. Which will it be?